Claudiu Botezatu

Just installed Vipre, but...

1. Upon detection , there is no information about the detected virus, everything is "generic virus"; Even going online, the information is the same.

2. Firewall is very primitive , for an application either you allow access or not. There is no possibility to create a rule based on ports or IP.

For example , for Internet Explorer I want to allow access only for ports 80 and 443, not for all ports

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Nicholas Harris

said
about 1 year ago

Claudiu,

Regarding the detections, you can gather more detailed information by clicking on the file name in the Antivirus > Manage Quarantine section.

For the firewall rules, the section you're looking for can be found in Manage Rules > Ports > Add Advanced.

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Claudiu Botezatu

said
about 1 year ago

As you see here, all detections are "generic virus"

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Nicholas Harris

said
about 1 year ago

Claudiu,

Individual threat information can be seen by clicking on the blue text in the "name" column. As the name suggests, a lot of threats will fall under the generic "type". The threat type would be like the genus in biology and the individual threat names identify the species.

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Claudiu Botezatu

said
about 1 year ago

What are you talking about????

This is the rule for IE . I cannot choose a port or protocol or IP, only allow or deny.

Nicholas Harris

A Generic Detection means a program or file has been labeled and has a broad set of features, behaviors, and characteristics similar to known malware. Basically, common, known behaviors.

Unlike detections that are classified as single-file detections, which only identify unique files; Generic Detections target broad similar code and classify behavioral patterns from a wide known range to efficiently determine their impact and are grouped accordingly.

In short, Generic Detections are used to identify certain types of malware that use the same common similarities in their code or behavior (for example, performing similar actions)to execute common malware.

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Ken Briant

said
about 1 year ago

had to reinstall on new computer because computer crash now firewall not turning on and says expires in 2023 , why when I have a life time plan